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Cowboys To Pursue NCAA Title No. 12 in California
May 23, 2024 | Cowboy Golf
Game Notes
NCAA Championship · May 24-29 · Carlsbad, Calif.
Venue: Omni La Costa Resort and Spa · Par 72, 7,538 Yards
Live Stats: golfstat.com
TV: Golf Channel — May 27, 28 and 29 — 5-9 p.m. (CST)
What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's men's golf team will seek its 12th national championship this week when it begins play at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa.
• The Cowboys will be the No. 18 seed for the event.
• Fifth year Rayhan Thomas will be joined in the lineup by seniors Jonas Baumgartner and Bo Jin as well as freshmen Gaven Lane and Preston Stout. Fifth year Hazen Newman will serve as the squad's substitute.
• The tournament will run May 24-29 and will consist of 72 holes of stroke play to determine the eight teams for the match play portion of the tournament as well as the individual champion.
• After Sunday's third round, the 30-team field will be trimmed to the top 15 squads and top nine individuals not on an advancing team for Monday's fourth round.
• The Cowboys will begin play on Friday morning at 6:40 a.m. (PST) and will be grouped with Texas A&M and New Mexico. Those three teams will get play underway on Saturday at noon.
• The top eight teams will then be placed into a match play bracket to determine the team champion.
• The quarterfinal and semifinal matches will take place on Tuesday and will be followed by Wednesday's championship match.
#okstate Championship History
• OSU has won 11 NCAA titles and has produced nine individual national champions with its most recent national championship coming in 2018 at Karsten Creek.
• OSU's first NCAA crown came in 1963 under Labron Harris.
• Former head coach Mike Holder captured eight titles (1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995 and 2000).
• Mike McGraw won the crown in 2006, while Alan Bratton won his first in 2018, giving all four coaches in program history a title.
• OSU has produced 17 runner-up finishes after placing second in 2014 at Prairie Dunes Country Club.
• Earl Moeller was OSU's first individual champion in 1953 and was followed by Grier Jones in 1968. David Edwards won in 1978 and was followed by Scott Verplank, Brian Watts and E.J. Pfister, who won consecutively from 1986-88. Charles Howell won in record-setting fashion in 2000 and was the program's seventh national champion. Jonathan Moore won in 2006 and Matthew Wolff took top honors in 2019.
• The Cowboys have now competed at the NCAA Championship in 75 of a possible 77 years, including an NCAA-record string of 65 consecutive appearances from 1947-2011.
• The only two NCAA Championships played without the Cowboys in the field since the program's first season in 1947 came in 2012 and last year.
• After their semifinal finish in 2021, the Cowboys have finished first or second at the event 28 times (11 titles, 17 second-place showings) and have finished in the top five 57 times. The Pokes have finished third on six occasions, fourth 12 times and have been the fifth-place finisher 11 times. OSU has five other top-10 finishes.
Match Play History
• Since the current format was implemented in 2009, OSU has advanced to match play nine times. The Cowboys finished second in 2010 and 2014, tied for third in 2011, 2019 and 2021. OSU tied for fifth in 2009 and 2017 before breaking through in 2018.
• During that span, OSU has won the stroke play portion of the event four times: 2009 (13 shots), 2010 (four shots), 2018 (eight shots), 2019 (31 shots).
NCAA Championship · May 24-29 · Carlsbad, Calif.
Venue: Omni La Costa Resort and Spa · Par 72, 7,538 Yards
Live Stats: golfstat.com
TV: Golf Channel — May 27, 28 and 29 — 5-9 p.m. (CST)
What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's men's golf team will seek its 12th national championship this week when it begins play at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa.
• The Cowboys will be the No. 18 seed for the event.
• Fifth year Rayhan Thomas will be joined in the lineup by seniors Jonas Baumgartner and Bo Jin as well as freshmen Gaven Lane and Preston Stout. Fifth year Hazen Newman will serve as the squad's substitute.
• The tournament will run May 24-29 and will consist of 72 holes of stroke play to determine the eight teams for the match play portion of the tournament as well as the individual champion.
• After Sunday's third round, the 30-team field will be trimmed to the top 15 squads and top nine individuals not on an advancing team for Monday's fourth round.
• The Cowboys will begin play on Friday morning at 6:40 a.m. (PST) and will be grouped with Texas A&M and New Mexico. Those three teams will get play underway on Saturday at noon.
• The top eight teams will then be placed into a match play bracket to determine the team champion.
• The quarterfinal and semifinal matches will take place on Tuesday and will be followed by Wednesday's championship match.
#okstate Championship History
• OSU has won 11 NCAA titles and has produced nine individual national champions with its most recent national championship coming in 2018 at Karsten Creek.
• OSU's first NCAA crown came in 1963 under Labron Harris.
• Former head coach Mike Holder captured eight titles (1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995 and 2000).
• Mike McGraw won the crown in 2006, while Alan Bratton won his first in 2018, giving all four coaches in program history a title.
• OSU has produced 17 runner-up finishes after placing second in 2014 at Prairie Dunes Country Club.
• Earl Moeller was OSU's first individual champion in 1953 and was followed by Grier Jones in 1968. David Edwards won in 1978 and was followed by Scott Verplank, Brian Watts and E.J. Pfister, who won consecutively from 1986-88. Charles Howell won in record-setting fashion in 2000 and was the program's seventh national champion. Jonathan Moore won in 2006 and Matthew Wolff took top honors in 2019.
• The Cowboys have now competed at the NCAA Championship in 75 of a possible 77 years, including an NCAA-record string of 65 consecutive appearances from 1947-2011.
• The only two NCAA Championships played without the Cowboys in the field since the program's first season in 1947 came in 2012 and last year.
• After their semifinal finish in 2021, the Cowboys have finished first or second at the event 28 times (11 titles, 17 second-place showings) and have finished in the top five 57 times. The Pokes have finished third on six occasions, fourth 12 times and have been the fifth-place finisher 11 times. OSU has five other top-10 finishes.
Match Play History
• Since the current format was implemented in 2009, OSU has advanced to match play nine times. The Cowboys finished second in 2010 and 2014, tied for third in 2011, 2019 and 2021. OSU tied for fifth in 2009 and 2017 before breaking through in 2018.
• During that span, OSU has won the stroke play portion of the event four times: 2009 (13 shots), 2010 (four shots), 2018 (eight shots), 2019 (31 shots).
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